http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55522
Bug #: 55522
Summary: -funsafe-math-optimizations is unexpectedly harmful,
especially w/ -shared
Classification: Unclassified
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: l...@mit.edu
The docs for -funsafe-math-optimizations say:
When used at link-time, it may include libraries or startup files that change
the default FPU control word or other similar optimizations.
This is, IMO, really bad. One might naively assume (if you haven't thought
about that) that -ffast-math and -funsafe-math-optimizations merely affect code
generation. This is true if you *compile* with -ffast-math, but if you *link*
with it, then you end up breaking IEEE758 semantics program-wide. This causes
real-life problems.
Please consider some combination of:
1. Making -funsafe-math-optimizations illegal when combined with -shared.
2. Splitting the inclusion of crtfastmath.o into its own option
(-funsafe-math-mode-at-startup, perhaps) and make -ffast-math (and -Ofast) not
set that one.
3. Mention in the docs just how bad this is in shared libraries.
